Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by University of Bristol, UK
- Provides an in-depth background to the theory of super cooled liquids and glasses, including iso-composition liquid-liquid phase transitions
- Demonstrates demanding variants of neutron scattering experiments, including isotopic substitution, aerodynamic levitation and anomalous neutron scattering
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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This thesis presents neutron scattering data that contribute to the understanding of four distinct areas of condensed matter physics, including iso-compositional liquid-liquid phase transitions and the glass formation in rare earth doped BaTi2O5.
In situ aerodynamic levitation with laser heating was combined with neutron scattering in order to study both liquid-liquid phase transitions in (Y2O3)x(Al2O3)1-x and the atomic and magnetic ordering in liquid Invar. Among several significant results, obtained in this case from small angle neutron scattering, was the absence of a phase transition across a range of temperatures and compositions in the yttria aluminates. As these are a principal system in which liquid-liquid phase transitions have been hypothesized, this is an important contribution in a contentious area.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Structural Studies of Liquids and Glasses Using Aerodynamic Levitation
Authors: Thomas Farmer
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06575-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-06574-8Published: 28 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36054-6Published: 10 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-06575-5Published: 07 July 2014
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 113
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour
Topics: Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems, Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction, Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials, Measurement Science and Instrumentation